CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Queensland man has been charged with allegedly threatening a federal parliamentarian. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team started an investigation in July, 2026, into voice messages that allegedly contained threats to a parliamentarian. The AFP will allege it traced the messages to a Coomera man, 57. The AFP executed a search warrant at a Coomera home on 16 July, 2026, where investigat...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man has been charged with allegedly threatening a federal parliamentarian. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation on 6 July, 2026, after receiving a notification of an alleged online threat to kill a federal parliamentarian. Police allegedly linked the man, 47, to the social media post and executed a search warrant yesterday (17 July, 2026) at a home ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Can I begin by saying that Islamophobia has no place in Australia. Every Australian deserves to be safe, respected and at home in our country. And what we have seen is a rise in Islamophobic attacks and abuse directed at Muslim Australians. Hate directed at one community, hurts us all. Because our diversity is one of Australia's great strengths. And we won't, as a natio...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Every Australian deserves to feel safe, respected and at home as they go about their day-to-day lives. Islamophobia has no place in Australia. Yet, we have seen this evil grow and the number of hateful attacks continuing to steadily rise. It is not the Australian way, it destroys the character of our nation as a country built on fairness, respect and a fair go. It must stop. Today, we announce the A...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A former Perth lawyer, 32, was sentenced by the District Court of Western Australia today (17 July, 2026) to four years and four months' imprisonment for attempting to obstruct the course of justice via encrypted communications with outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) members. He will be eligible for parole after serving two years and two months. The Leederville man previously pleaded guilty to: * One count of...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Vision available via Hightail. This is a joint media release between the AFP, Victoria Police and Australian Border Force. A Clyde North man has been charged over his alleged role in manufacturing firearms and drugs following a Victorian Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF) investigation. The Victorian JOCTF, comprising the AFP, Victoria Police and Australian Border Force (ABF), execute...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Artificial Intelligence strategy, budget, housing and migration Alan Kohler: The Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, was our first interview on That's Business 3months ago. Well, a lot has happened since then, including a lot on the subject of AI, including a big speech this week by the Prime Minister about how they're going to regulate AI. So I thought it would be a good time to get Jim Chalmers back o...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: TRIGGER WARNING: The following content contains images that may be distressing to some people. Editor's note:Images located during the ongoing investigation can be viewed and downloaded via Hightail. The AFP is today releasing seven images located during an ongoing child abuse investigation, seeking any information the community might have about them. The images were allegedly located on electronic device...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release by the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (QJOCTF) agencies. Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail. The AFP has charged a Sydney man with failing to provide police with passwords to his electronic devices as part of the ongoing investigation into Australia's largest cocaine seizure. The man, 29, was charged yesterday (15 July, 2026) after AFP and Queensl...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP, Queensland Police Service, Victoria Police, Australian Border Force (ABF), Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC). Editor's note: Vision and images are available via hightail. Three members of a Melbourne-based criminal syndicate, with alleged links to Italian organised crime, were today (16 July,...